Recent developments, such as the mass circulation of the iPhone, have altered the very nature of video games by boosting the emergence of new studios and developers. Molleindustria’s Phone Story was an educational game on the labor conditions in smart phone industries. McDonald’s Video Game and Oiligarchy expose the dirty secrets of corporations and their methods to corrupt politicians. In Every Day the Same Dream, Tuboflex, and Unmanned, they reflect upon routinized life, insecurity, and everyday anxieties. The Free Culture Game and Leaky World are what they call "playable theories," radical ideas and conspiratorial scenarios explained through raw interactive templates. In Molleindustria’s recent Dogness game, dogs are lured by a “breedist dogmagogue.” Molleindustria ask: "Will they manage to become the purest and most homogeneous dog park by selectively breeding themselves and controlling immigration? Help them achieve their glorious destiny?"

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photo: Nysos Vasilopoulos, 6th Athens Biennale 2018 ANTI